Warning: Don't Buy A Kindle Until You Read This

I think it's unrealistic to ask Amazon to re-design the device *and* give it away.

Dave

I've seen the Sony version of the Kindle. Both share a lot of the same hardware, and for me that screen is a huge drawback. It just isn't all that clear or detailed, and it's black and white only.

A better-looking, faster-refreshing screen is what an e-reader needs to be worth it.

I saw a comment on this somewheres that I thought was worth repeating-- what happens to all those Kindle books you "buy"? Can you give them to your kids and friends when you're done with them? Will they still be around in a few years to re-read or share?

Exactly TC. I'll take "digital books" when they're released as PDF or some other decent format with no DRM on them. Otherwise, I'm not interested.

Better off to use a netbook, I think, to read PDF or HTML or ODF or DOC or TXT or PS or ABW or or or files. Most of what I read is from the internet anyway, why waste the money on a Kindle? With a netbook you can read and surf and play music and work on documents and and and....

I also prefer a real book. If real books were regulated and protected like their digital counterparts, I would be a pirate many times over. Nice feeling, that.

Arrr.